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Thursday, 27 September 2012

Panamera Sport Turismo concept

Porsche revealed the Panamera Sport Turismo concept

Porsche revealed
the Panamera Sport
Turismo concept at Paris Motor Show .The plug-in hybrid
model is described by Porsche as little more than a concept, but the company
will be gauging public reaction at the show to see whether an estate version of
the Panamera could be added to the range in the future.

This new concept then, gets an uprated electric
motor worth 95bhp - twice the power of the current Porsche hybrid drive motor -
allied to a supercharged 3.0-litre V6 engine (still churning out 333bhp) to
make maximum merriment of 416bhp. As such, deploy both electric and analogue
horses, and you'll accelerate from 0-62mph in less than six seconds, all driven
through the rear wheels alone.

But, you'll be able
to drive up to a maximum of 80mph for around 18 miles using just that 95bhp
electric motor alone. You don't need an engineering degree to work out that
this source equals zero emissions while driving, and helps overall CO2 output
sit at less than 82g/km. That's 416bhp and 0-62mph in sub six with a lower
carbon footprint than a ruddy Volkswagen Up BlueMotion.It's got a longer roofline than the standard
Panamera and a more abrupt rear end, helping to increase boot space.

The Sport Turismo also
previews a few of the design cues that will find their way on to the revised
Panamera early next year. The front end is now far more sculpted, with sharp
creases on the bonnet, reshaped headlights and a much larger grille.

The interior is
recognizable from the current car, with its prominent rising centre console,
but everything has been simplified. There are fewer buttons and a new LCD
screen in the dash, which replaces the traditional dials in the current car.

All this is thanks to that dandy new battery, a
lithium-ion unit that's the same size as the nickel-hydride one currently in
use, but packs a higher peak power. Its default setting is electric, and
utilising that s‘charged V6 requires pressing a button on the steering wheel.
In turn, that V6 helps charge the battery through ‘load point shifting',
although you can simply plug it into any wall charger (AC) and power up in just
2.5 hours.

Naturally, it's a concept, and so there are some
very concept-y details included: there are cameras mounted where the door
mirrors should be, there's a 3D Porsche badge, a ‘liquid metal blue' hue that
should send anyone called Sarah Connor into a cold panic, a TFT colour screen
in place of regular dials, two monitors showing those exterior mirror camera
images, hybrid-drive displays, a power meter and mobile phone connectivity.
Porsche tells us you can even use your phone to ‘precondition' the car -
setting up the air con, for example, before you get in.

The Acid Green colour
used for the brake calipers and the Sport Turismo badge are set to become
trademark features of Porsche's performance hybrids.